Wearing-apparel.



No. 758,940. PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

I A. SIMINOFF.

WEARING APPAREL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1902.

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No. 758,940. PATENTED MAY 3, 1904. A. SIMINOFF.-

WEARING APPAREL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1902.

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V awn M%z %?@%%W UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

AARON SIMINOFF, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

WEARING-APPAREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,940, dated May 3,1904.

Application filed May 21, 1902. Serial No. 108,412. (No model.)

To (LN 11']: (1712/ it 112.0.7 concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON SIMINOFF, of 529 South Broadway, in the cityof Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of Cali" fornia,have invented certain Improvements in Female Attire or \Vearing-Apparel,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description orspecification, reference being had to the annexed sheets of drawings andto the letters and figures marked thereon.

My invention has for its object mainly to avoid the construction of theskirts of dresses worn by females with a long slit or opening extendingfrom and including the waistband downward to enable (as hithertoconstructed) the skirts of womens dresses to be passed over the largerpart of the wearers body and when passed thereover to be contracted soas to be fastened upon the body at the waist of the wearer, the waistbeing usually of much smaller dimensions or circumference than is awomans girth at the upper part of her body.

My invention has also for its object to prevent the clothing wornunderneath the skirt of females from being seen through the aforesaidlong slit or opening in a skirt when from any cause whatever said slitor opening becomes unfastened or opened while being worn, (as isfrequently the case;) and my invention has also for its object to enablethe waistband, which also is made endless-that is to say, without anyopening or slit in it to be fastened to any required dimension after theskirt is placed upon the wearers body, so that by simply fastening ahook and eye or equivalent device the skirt is maintained in its properposition and tit for being worn upon the body in the manner hereinafterdescribed.

Upon the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a skirt(looking at the back) constructed according to my present invention.Fig. 2 is a plan or top edge view of the waistband of a skirtconstructed according to my present invention. Fig. 3 is anotherperspective view of the skirt looked at from the back, wherein thewaistband is shown folded and fastened by spring elasps or snappers,which are so placed on the waistband as to enable it to be folded andfastened to accommodate its dimensions to the Waist of the wearer, alsoshowing the hook and eye for the final fastening of the waistband uponthe wearer. Fig. 4: is a plan or edge View of the waistband folded, asshown in Fig. 3, but drawn upon a larger scale than Fig. 3 in order toshow the spring clasps or snappers for enabling the waistband and skirtto be folded and fastened to fit the wearers body. Fig. 5 is a frontelevation of one half of one of the spring clasps or snappers, and Fig.6 is a front elevation of the other half of one of the spring clasps orfasteners. Fig. 7 represents an end view of the hook and eye as fastenedto the nearest parts of the back of the endless waistband when thewaistband is folded and fastened to the dimensions required toaccomodate the waist of the wearer.

' On reference to Figs. 1 and 2. it will be seen that both the waistbandA A and the part of the skirt B B to which the Waistband A A is attachedare continuous that is to say, endless or without any slit or openingtherein, such as is usually employed at the upper part of the skirts offemale attire. Upon the waistband A A there are fastened a series ofpairs of spring clasps or snappers, each pair of which is marked by thesame reference-numeral. For example, the thickened black parts marked 11 upon Figs. 1 and 2 represent two halves of each spring clasp orsnapper of the kind well known and in use and which is shown by theexample drawn at Figs. 5 and 6. \Vhen the two halves of the spring claspor snapper 1 1 are fastened together or into or upon each other, thenthe waistband A A has a loop or fold in it between the parts at whichthe two halves of the clasp or snapper 1 l are fastened, and the end ofthe fold or loop thus formed has also attached to it one half of anotherspring clasp or snapper 4:, which when folded against and entered intoor upon the other half of the spring clasp or snapper -t on the frontpart of the waistband, as shown, causes that part of the waistbandcontained between the clasps or snappers 1 1 to be folded against andfastened within the front or side part of the waistband by the clasps orsnappers 4: A. Similarly, when the clasps or snappers 2 2 on the otherside of the back part of the waistband are fastened together and theother pair of snappers 3 3, which correspond to the pair of snappers L 4hereinbefore referred to and described, are fastened together then thepart of the waistband folded and fastened by the Snappers 2 2 is heldsimilarly within the waistband by the snappers 3 3. In this manner,according to the distance or distances between the respective pairs ofsnaps or clasps 1 1, 4: 4, 2 2, and 3 3, the dimension of the waistbandA A and the upper part of the skirt B B may be contracted or adjustedand fastened to fit any size of waist of any wearer required, and whensuch waistband and waist are so adjusted and fastened the waistband andwaist are finally fastened and adjusted upon the waist of the wearer byclosing or engaging the hook G into the eye D of these parts of thewaistband A A which when folded and fastened in the manner hereinbeforedescribed become situated at the center or at the side or at any otherpart of the waist of the wearer and on being fastened togethercompletely constitute a skirt correctly fitting the body of the wearerwithout any opening or slit therein of the kind usually employed in theconstruction of such skirts for womens wear.

At Fig. 3 the skirt shown unfolded at Fig. 1 is shown in the foldedposition and as adapted to or as being worn upon the waist of any personto which the adjustment or fastening to which the spring clasps orfasteners render it adapted for being worn, and the enlarged view, Fig.4, shows the several clasps or snappers numbered as hereinbeforedescribed and provided with ahook and eye C and D or equivalentfastening in the position of the several parts of the waistband .andskirt as these are worn.

By placing more than one set of spring clasps or Snappers upon thewaistband in the order and arrangement hereinbefore described, but atdifferent distances apart, the improved skirt and waistband may befolded and fastened into two or more dimensions of Waist, so that oneand the same waistband and skirt may be worn by one or more persons withequal facility by merely folding the waistband and fastening the claspsor snappers thereon to accommodate the waist of another or more than oneother wearer, so that a single skirt may be by means of this inventionworn with equal facility and fit by one or morepersons. 7

Having now described the nature of my said invention and the bestsystem, mode, or manner I am at present acquainted with for carryingthesame into practical effect, I desire to observe in conclusion thatwhat I consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as theinvention to be secured to me by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A dress-skirt provided on its upper portion with interlockingplait-forming devices and interlocking plait-holding devices.

2. A dress-skirt having a waistband provided on one side thereof withinterlocking plait-forming devices, and on its opposite side withinterlocking plait-holding devices.

In testimony whereof I, the said AARON SIMINOFF, have hereunto set myhand and seal, this fth day of April, 1902, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

AARON SIMINOFF. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

WILLIAM E. MURRAY, B. M. WILKINS.

